pronation

From French pronation, from Latin pronatio.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

pronation (countable and uncountable, plural pronations)

1. Walking on the inner edge of the foot.
2. (anatomy) The action of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned down or back.
3. (fencing) The position of the sword hand when the palm is facing down

• pronate
• prostrate
• supination

• aprotonin

From Latin prōnō, prōnāre + -ation.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/

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pronation f (plural pronations)

1. pronation

   Coordinate term: supination

• pronateur

• “pronation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.